About Yexalen Expertise I am experienced with the care, lighting, heating, breeding, sexing, species identification, and general keeping of mostly aquatic turtles. I also have experience with tortoises and land turtles and can certainly research any question that I do not know the answer. I can not answer medical related questions as I am not veterinarian certified. I prefer not to answer questions on animals that you or somebody else has taken out of their natural environment unless the animal was in danger, ill, or injured.
Experience I have owned six aquatic turtles and have been researching turtles for several years. I have been on several question and answer sites under this category. I also have started up a web site focused on reptile care with a portion of it for turtles.
Education/Credentials I have been around turtles sense a very young age and always found them fascinating and because of that it has lead me to researching day after day, reading book after book, and finding endless amounts of web sites with information.
Question I currently have a baby snapping turtles he is cool and everything however i want something that is more active so im thinking i will get a florida softshell turtle so how active are these turtles or are they less active the my common snapping turtle
Answer Hello Mark, turtles are not really an active pet. And Soft-Shell turtles usually hide over half the time. They bury themselves in sand at the bottom of the tank to hide and feel secure. Definately not one of the more active species of turtle.
No turtle is really over-active. And I cant think of one that stands out as active.
